New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-27
CHANGING FOOTBALL RULES.

ACTION OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE Association
AGAINST "sIUGGING"
The Intercollegiate Football Association met yester
day afternoon at the Fifth Avenue Hotel 70 perform
It's usual after the battle task Of changing, making
and interpreting the rules governing the game. Inc
following delegates present; Harvard, Captain
elect A. p. Holden 81, b. w. Palmer 80, ex-Captsin
r. NJ Appleton "a, and r. L. McCooh SO Princeton
Captain II. g. Savage 's7, Csptan-elect W. .. Cook
49, and J. d. Hamilton 's8; Yale, Captain X; e y.
Coiwin 'S7 Captan-elect Henry Ward Beecher 'os,
snd ex. Captain ?. g. Peters 's6; University OF penn.
syivanio, Captain L. II. Alexspder 49, w. @. Posey
81 and Mr.. Remach 'S2 Wesleyan, Captain H. D.
Beattys 80, j. ~ Stevens S7, and y. d. Beattys 80.
Mr. Savage presided and Mr.. CorwiD acted as secre-
tsry.
There have been sone reports of late to the ehect
that Harvard and Princeton desired n withdraw from
the League provided Yale would do the same and
again form the old trio that constituted the association
for some eight years The project 10 said to have
originated at Harvard and II was aso said to have met
with considerable approval there Princeton favored
the idea and at enthusiastic mass meeting held last
week at Princeton 1t voted that return to the old
league desirable and TO form league with n ar
ward at any rate and with Yale If sho willing.
Yale however. did not favor the idea and at the meet
ing yesterday not q word sad about dropping the
University OF Pennsylvania and Wesleyan. The The
league will be the same next year ~ this year The
talk about the new league probably originated In
desire the part OF some OF its adhorents to BRING
about certain changes IN the rules governing Inc
features of tho game and finally passed this resou-
ton
Resofrcd-Thst We, the undersigned captains OF the
Intercollegiate Foo hall Association do hereby pledge
ourselves to all our personal Dhuence to eoacn our
tsams to stop holding in the rushhe, hugrng ana
iona HE features of the game. (sgncdl H.
". Beecher, Ysle H. s. Bsattjs, Wesleyan; We'd Cook.
Princeton; L. H. Alexander University OF Pennsylvania,
and A. r.. Holden, Harvard.
number of important changes ETC., were made in
the rules Hereafter players cannot come within ten
feet on either side In of punt-Out In touchn
goal. The most important change made was in decd-
ing that when the ball is kicked over one OF the goa.
posts it shall be counted goal Heretofore the ball
has had the bar between the two posts IN
order to be counted goal and many disputes arose as
to whether the ball passed over post or fairly over
the bar.
Another change was made that will prevent block
playing" After the third dowa" the side that has
the ball must carry 1t back twenty Yards instead OF
ten as formerly. This is q heavy penalty on the
block game will be in the fact that the eide
that PLAYS the "block" game viii now lose twenty
yards after down thus be forced to kick or
make a safety" touch down after a tsw downs
Hereafter no "dribbling" il to be allowed when a
team has n right for try -atgoa" the Try Inust
be made. Formerly when team had got a try the
"dfibble" was resorted to in order to deceive the
other team II decided that the ball cannot be
interiered with by opponent until put In motion by
the snap back, and al.O that opDonent inten-
tonay touch it until II Is in motion In case OF re-
bound when the ball strikes Of the opposing side
and bounds hack of the line it shall count n
safety" two points against the side by whom ii was
kicked.
the duties of the referee still under considers
toe and they will be clearly defined at 10 next meet
ing in the middle of May, by which it is hoped tt at
referees will be enabled 10 stop the suggns game